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Temporary Refuge Area Considerations and Options

Temporary Refuge Area Considerations and Options

Learn the major difference between a TRA and a safety zone     By Jerry Burke and Kelley Gouette | FireRescue Magazine Volume 7, Issue 9 During wildland/urban interface (WUI) fires, it’s become an all-too-common occurrence for firefighters to take greater...

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Fleeing Burning Hills in Northern California

Fleeing Burning Hills in Northern California

For the second time in two years, fire has destroyed a mountain community     By DAISY NGUYEN and ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As the flames closed in on tiny Berry Creek in the Sierra Nevada foothills early Wednesday, Misty Spires...

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Amid Smoke and Ash, Paradise Rebuilds

Amid Smoke and Ash, Paradise Rebuilds

Paradise has tried to entice people back     By ADAM BEAM Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — When flames chased Chuck and Janie Dee down the mountain two years ago, they thought they'd never be back. Yet there they were on Sunday, parking a camper next...

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Death Toll Reaches 35 in Western Wildfires

Death Toll Reaches 35 in Western Wildfires

Neighborhoods from Oregon to California destroyed     By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SARA CLINE Associated Press BEAVERCREEK, Ore. (AP) — Nearly all the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for,...

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Media Access to Wildfires Varies by State

Media Access to Wildfires Varies by State

Differences even among government agencies     By JANIE HAR and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Journalists have captured searing, intimate images of active and dangerous wildfires burning in California, due in large part to a...

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Wildfires Cause Evacuation of 500,000 in Oregon

Wildfires Cause Evacuation of 500,000 in Oregon

More than 10 percent of the 4.2 million people in the state     By GILLIAN FLACCUS and ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press PHOENIX, Ore. (AP) — Deadly wildfires in heavily populated northwest Oregon were growing, with hundreds of thousands of people told to flee...

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